June 23 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian police massing in force
broke up a demonstration over the disputed presidential election
just hours after the Revolutionary Guards said they would crush
further protest.

Police used tear gas and fired shots into the air to quell
yesterday’s rally in central Tehran, the Associated Press
reported. Witnesses said helicopters hovered overhead as about
200 protesters gathered in Haft-e-Tir Square before they were
dispersed, AP said.

Security forces were deployed in the capital to prevent
further demonstrations after hundreds of thousands of Iranians
took to the streets in more than a week of rallies. At least 17
people have been killed in the worst internal violence in the
oil-producing nation of 66 million since the shah was overthrown
in 1979.